Ukraine's ATACMS Wreak Havoc Deep Behind Russia's Lines

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Kyiv has received batches of the U.S.-made missiles which are capable of varying ranges and are used to strike Russia's assets behind the front lines.

Ukraine is wielding long-range missiles against Russian targets far behind the current front lines, making frequent use of newly-supplied aid to hit Moscow's troops, air-defense systems, aircraft and vessels.Ukrainian and Russian sources, as well as open-source analysts, have attributed a string of damaging Ukrainian attacks on Moscow's facilities in recent weeks to U.S.-donated Army Tactical Missile System missiles.

On Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Kyiv had struck a Russian military communications center servicing Russian air defenses in the southern Crimean city of Alushta using ATACMS, citing a Ukrainian defense official.Several other strikes on the Russian-controlled peninsula have been attributed to ATACMS.

 

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